The 3 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US
Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not
years in service. What Maury does not do.
This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 39 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Towing Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.
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Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it55 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton 19 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 September 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.
Radio station licence
No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of
6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.
A report is not offered for this hull: Its record holds only 2 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. Reports.
Inspection history · 3
24 March 1987Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 315136
16 September 1986Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 311691
27 May 1986Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 309645
VESSEL DID NOT HAVE THE CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION ON BOARD AS REQUIRED BY 46CFR67.45-5.
Condition: Unknown
Due 16 September 1986
Resolved 16 September 1986
Construction/Loadline
Issued 16 September 1986Resolved
PROVIDE VESSEL NAME AND HAILING PORT ON STERN.
Condition: Unknown
Due 16 September 1986
Resolved 16 September 1986
Lifesaving
Issued 16 September 1986Resolved
PROVIDE ADEQUATE RETRO REFLECTIVE MATERIAL ON ALL PERSONAL FLOATATION DEVICES.
Condition: Unknown
Due 16 September 1986
Resolved 16 September 1986
Navigation
Issued 16 September 1986Resolved
PROVIDE A COPY OF INLAND NAV RULES ON BOARD FOR READY REFERENCE.
Condition: Unknown
Due 16 September 1986
Resolved 16 September 1986
Accommodation/Occupational Safety
Issued 27 May 1986Resolved
VESSEL DID NOT HAVE A COAST GUARD APPROVED MARINE SANITIATION DEVICE INSTALLED ON BOARD AS REQUIRED BY 33CFR159.7(C). VESSEL WAS OPERATING WITH INSTALLED TOILETS AND DID NOT HAVE ANY TYPE MSD ON BOARD. THE PIPING WAS DISCHARGING RAW SEWAGE DIRECTLY INTO THE WATER.
Condition: Unknown
Due 27 May 1986
Resolved 27 May 1986
Documentation
Issued 27 May 1986Resolved
VESSEL DID NOT HAVE AN OIL DISCHARGE PLACARD ON BOARD AS REQUIRED BY 33CFR155.450.
Condition: Unknown
Due 27 May 1986
Resolved 27 May 1986
Ownership record
The Coast Guard's documentation record for this hull -- the Abstract of Title,
with its owners and liens as filed -- is not in PSIX. Ask, and Maury buys it from the National
Vessel Documentation Center, files it here with its date, and every reader of this page gets it.
